MagicSDR vs FT8 Decoder

Turn your iPhone or iPad into a real radio receiver. MagicSDR connects you to more than 600 live SDR (software defined radio) servers around the world — tune in to shortwave broadcasts, ham radio and utility stations right away. No antenna, no dongle, no hardware required. WHAT YOU CAN HEAR - International shortwave broadcasters from every continent - Ham radio operators on SSB and CW — contests, DXpeditions, everyday QSOs - Aviation, marine and utility stations - Time signals, beacons and digital modes Pick a receiver close to the signal you want: a server in Japan, Brazil or the Alps is one tap away. Somewhere the bands are always open. HAVE YOUR OWN SDR HARDWARE? MagicSDR also works as a fast native client for your own receivers. The app supports the SoapyRemote protocol, which means it works with any SDR device that has a SoapySDR driver. More supported protocols: - rtl_tcp — stream IQ data from the popular and affordable RTL-SDR dongles - Airspy network — connect to Airspy receivers shared over the network - Hermes-Lite — direct connection to the open-source Hermes-Lite 2 HF transceiver A POWERFUL RECEIVER WITH A TOUCH-FIRST UI - Wideband panadapter and waterfall with smooth pinch-to-zoom and pan gestures - AM, SSB (USB/LSB), CW, NFM and WFM demodulators - Adjustable filter bandwidth and noise-threshold squelch - Frequency bookmarks to collect and organize stations - Band plan overlay, so you always know where you are on the dial - Audio over UDP — feed external decoders such as FT8/WSJT-X or CW - Built-in EiBi shortwave schedule database — instantly see which broadcast station is on the air, in what language and when MADE FOR Ham radio operators, shortwave listeners (SWL), DXers, spectrum analysis — and anyone curious about what is on the air right now. Feedback and feature requests are always welcome — MagicSDR is in active development.

An FT8 decoder. FT8 is a weak signal digital mode, currently very popular in the amateur radio HF shortwave bands. The ft8d app allows decoding FT8 8FSK modulated signals contained in externally provided audio or sound from an SSB radio or SDR. The app supports Level 1 decoding of messages with standard callsigns or 13 character free text messages. The app can also generate standard FT8 message audio, so can be used to experiment with sending and receiving FT8 encoded and modulated audio. The app does NOT perform Auto-sequencing, or decode long hashed callsigns.